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AA has all the physical tools and a ton of skill, but somebody will have to train/focus/gameplan him into a proper fighter before he goes on any kind of a streak. Would love to see him go on a tear, but not holding my breath. He has an uphill battle, but could beat many of the top HW on any given night as long as his inner Karo P. doesn't show up.

Wish him luck. I think a lot of the older mma fans have a soft spot for him since he had so much potential.

yeah. He's already beat Nelson, He could beat Mir; and hell I'd give him a shot at beating Barnett and Miocic as well. Oh and he also beat Werdum before he left the UFC. Werdum is decades ahead of what he is now but still its on the record.

Originally Posted by Goremire

Id say 2014 Nelson and Wedum hurt Arlovski, badly. Barnett I think would beat him. You probably have a point about Mir.

Please tell me you guys don't have Mir anywhere near your top 10.
I don't even know that I could rank him top 15 at this point.

When was the last time he beat a ranked fighter? How many ranked fighters has he beaten in the last...say...10 years?

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I like AA as well, but the last I remember was it seemed he was getting knocked out all the time. Am I wrong?

Yes, you are wrong. Arlovski hasn't been KO'ed since 2011, since that time he's gone 6-1-1NC. In the last 10 years he's been KO'ed in 4 out of 23 fights that is not what I would call getting "knocked out all the time"